Cyclic bank and register.



7 PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904. O. R. MYERS.

UYGLIO BANK AND REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29. 1904. N0 MODEL.

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coin-receiving way and attached parts.

UNITED STATES Patented September 27, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ORLANDO R. MYERS, OF I/VARSAWV, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE D. MYERS, OF KEOKUK, IOIVA.

CYGLIC BANK AND REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,087, dated September 27, 1904.

Application filed April 29, 1904. Serial No. 205,605. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO R. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Warsaw, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Oyclic Banks and Registers of Instalment Collections; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my bank and register. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with one side plate removed. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the graduated Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the coin-receiving way, showing coin dropped from the top in position for operating the machine. Fig. 5 is a detail end view of cylinder 7 and attached parts. Fig. 6 is a detail top view of cylinder 7 and adjacent parts.

The invention relates to a time bank and register chiefly designed for the reception and registration of regular weekly-instalment payments of a predetermined coin value; and it consists in the novel construction and com binations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the machine is shown adapted to the reception and registration of weekly amounts of ten cents, the dime-coin being used in payment and in the operation of the machine; but the machine can be adapted to the reception and registration of other coins namely, the cent, the nickel, the quarter of a dollar, the half-dollar, and the dollar.

These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

in which 1 represents a case or box provided with a hinged cover 2, which is designed to have a special lock whereby it can be securely fastened. In this way it is designed to furnish a subscriber or customer with a recordingmachine for his use in making weekly-instalment payments, the key being kept by the payee. In the case are provided openings 3, 4c, and 5, ofwhich the opening 3 is adapted to showthe name of the customer or subscriber and the name of the payee, with the date of subscription or sale. The opening i is designed to show the time to which the last instalment is paid and the opening 5 to show the total amount paid in. These openings are provided with transparent plates, of celluloid or glass, to keep out dust and prevent manipulation.

The numeral 6 indicates a hollow shaft provided with and fastened to a cylinder 7 and ratchet-wheel 17. This shaft rotates on axle 16, which is sprung into bearings or indentures in the inside walls of the case, thereby holding in line cylinder 7 under the apertures 4L and 5, as shown in Fig. 1. Said cylinder has on its circumference one year, or fifty-two weeks, of an adjustable time-tape 8 and one year, or fifty-two amounts, of an adjustable money-tape 9. Time-tape 8 is a continuous tape of seven years that passes through aperture 14, as shown in Fig. 5. Six years of this time-tape are reeled on spools 10 and 11, as shown in Fig. 6. These spools rotate on axles that pass through and are fastened to a diaphragm in the center of said cylinder. They are provided with proper tension and held in place by spring 39, which has its bearing on the extension of said spools, as shown in Fig. 5. The remaining year, or fiftytwo weeks, of said time-tape is adjusted on the left side of the periphery of said cylinder. This tape is marked with dates at regular intervals from each other, such intervals in the machine illustrated being seven days, or one week, so that the dates shown are weekly. However, by the use of this continuous sevenyear calendar any date desired can be adjusted under the aperture 4 by means of a key inserted through keyholes 4:0 and 41', as shown in Fig. 1, into corresponding keyholes in spools l0 and 11, Fig. 6. On the right side of the periphery of said cylinder is one year, or fifty-two amounts, of an adjustable moneytape 9. This money-tape 9 is marked with representing the sum of each series in the fol lowing manner: from one cent to fifty-two cents, from five cents to two dollars and sixty cents, from ten cents to five dollars and twenty cents, from twenty-five cents to thirteen dollars, from fifty cents to twenty-six dollars, and from one dollar to fifty-two dollars, such amounts increasing by the first amount named in each particular series for one year, or fiftytwo weeks. These amounts of the money-tape correspond in position to the dates of the timetape and have after preliminary adjustment fixed relations thereto. This money tape passes through aperture 15, as shown in Fig. 6. One series of fifty-two amounts is adjusted on the right half of the periphery of said cylinder, the other five series being reeled on spools 12 and 13, as shown in Fig. 6. The adjustment of the money-tape under aperture 5 is made in the same manner as that of the time-tape, by means of a key through holes in the side of the case and corresponding holes in spools 12 and 13. The cylinder carrying these two tapes is operated by means of a ratchet-wheel17, which has fifty-two teeth and is operated by pawl 18, held in place by spring 32. Said pawl is hinged at to the bottom of push-piece 19, which is connected with a short shaft 21 by flanged bearings at 20, as shown in Fig. 4. The bottom of said pushpiece is held in line with graduated coin-receiving way 22 by means of a spring 31, which straddles short shaft 21 from the under side. Said receiving-way, which may be made of one plate by folding or of two plates by riveting, is seated under slot 23 in the cover by -means of gains or grooves in sides of case.

At the left side of the receiving-way is a flange 43, folded from the back plate,which contains a bearing for shaft 21 and also catch 42 for the push-piece. In the top of receiving-way 22 are graduated notches whereby an adj ustment can be made for the reception of either of the coins previously named. The rear plate of the receiving-way is long and extends farther down than front plate. At the lower left-hand corner of rear plate is a flanged coinrest 28, which in connection with the lower end of adjusting-bar 29 retains the coin in the receiving-way. A plunger 34, having aknob 35, is seated in a slot or aperture 36 of the case, as shown in Fig. 1. The downward pressure of this plunger-knob causes the curved or lower end of the said plunger to pass through a square notch, as shown at 27 in Figs. 2 and 4:, and strike the flat side of said coin, pushing it and push-piece forward at the bottom. At the same time the top of said push-piece is checked .by the extension 30 and held in position by the catch 12, thus allowing the coin to fall into the receptacle as the plungeris returned to normal position by spring 37. By the automatic return of the plunger the extension 26 passes through notch 33 at end of receiving-way, thereby releasing the push-piece notch forward, thus registering the date and r the amount under their respective apertures Land 5, as shown in Fig. 1. A positive springspacer 38, attached to the interior of the case, as shown in Fig. 2, having its bearing below the center of ratchet-wheel, serves to fix the adjustment of the cylinder, and thereby of the time-tape and the money-tape, as the plunger returns to position. A slot 24 in the pushpiece 19, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4:, permits the curved end of the plunger to pass through the push-piece, thereby preventing registration when there is no coin in the receivingway.

The general operation of this machine is herein set forth, as follows: To make the preliminary adjustment for the reception of the predetermined coin in the receiving-way 22, ad justing-bar 29 is shifted to the proper graduated notches, as shown in Fig. 4. To make the preliminary adjustment of time-tape and money-tape on cylinder 7 a key is inserted through keyholes in either side of the case into corresponding keyholes in spool extensions 10, 11, 12, and 13, as shown in Fig. 6, whereby these tapes are wound to the proper position under their respective apertures 4 and 5. To operate the machine after preliminary adjustment, acoin (in the machine illustrated a dime) is dropped through the coinslot 23 into the graduated receiving-way 22. At the bottom of the receiving-way the coin is stopped and held in front of notch 27 and against the lower end of push-piece by the coinrest 28 and the lower end of the adjusting-bar 29. The depositor then pushes down the plunger 35, which causes the curved end of the plunger to strike the flat side of the coin and crowd it and the push-piece forward, whereby the ratchet-wheel 17 is rotated one notch by pawl 18, which is connected with the lower end of said push-piece. This rotation of the ratchet-wheel moves the cylinder 7 forward and exposes the date on the timetape at which the last instalment is paid and the full amount paid in on the money-tape. During this operation the push-piece 19 is held by the catch 42, which allows the coin to fall into the receptacle, while the plunger returns to normal position. At the same time the positive spacer 38 serves to fix'the adjustment of the cylinder, and thereby of the time-tape and the money-tape.

The machine is adapted for different coin payments and other intervals of time, the object being to keep a record of fixed payments by fixed dates. It is adapted chiefly to collecting and registering an instalment account when the amount of the instalment can be represented by a single coin agreed upon with relation to any multiple of time.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. A coin-slot cycle bank and register, having a hollow tape-carrying cylinder and a ratchet-wheel in connection therewith, tapecarrying spools and their tension-springs in said cylinder, a spring-operated pawl, a pivoted push-piece and a closed case having a coin-slot, a coin-receiving way and show-apertures substantially as specified.

2. A coin-slot cycle bank and register having in combination with a closed case provided with a coin-slot, a coin-receiving way and show-aperture, the centrally-partitioned hollow tape-carrying cylinder, its ratchetwheel, the time-tape-carrying spools and the money-tape-carrying spools connected to said cylinder, their tension-springs, a spring-operated pawl, and a push-piece, substantially as specified.

3. The combination in a cyclic bank and register of instalment collections, of a hooded adjustingbar, a plunger, a graduated coinreceiving way having a notch at the lower left corner to receive end of plunger, a hinged movable push piece held in position by a spring and a catch, a pawl and spring, and a closed case with keyholes in sides, a hinged cover having acoin-slot and show-apertures for record, date, and amount, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a cyclic coin-slot registering-machine, the combination with a ratchet-wheel, a hollow cylinder having tape-apertures and a diaphragm in the center, of a hollow shaft and axle, a hooded adjustingbar, a graduated coin-receiving way, a hinged movable pushpiece with a space extension at the top and a safety-slot at the bottom, a pawl hinged to said push-piece at the bottom, a closed ease having keyholes, a hinged cover having a coin-slot and show-apertures for record, date, and amount, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a cyclic bank and register of instalment collections, the combination of four axled spools having extensions with hcyholes for adjusting purposes, a time tape and a money-tape, tension-springs, a hooded adj usting-bar, a graduated coin-receiving way with a flange or fold from back plate at leftside, a push-piece hinged by flanged bearings with a short shaft, a ratchet-wheel, a hollow cylinder having a.center diaphragm, a hollow shaft and axle, a closed case having keyholes, a hinged cover having coin-slot and showapertures for record, date, and amount, substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination, in a coin-slot cycle 'bank and register of instalment collections, of a plunger controlled by a spring and. having a release extension at its top, a plunger-knob, a hollow cylinder having a center diaphragm, a ratchet-wheel, a positive spacer for adjusting said ratchet-wheel and cylinder, a hooded adjusting-bar, a graduated coin-receiving way having a notch at its upper left corner, and a flanged coin-rest at the lower left corner, a hinged movable push-piece, a pawl, a hollow shaft and axle, four axled spools havi g extensions with keyholes for adjusting purposes, a time-tape and a money-tape, tensionsprings, a closed case having keyholes in sides, a hinged cover having coin-slot and showapertures for record, date, and amount, substantially as shown and described.

ln testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORLANDO R. MYERS.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL NAYLOR, J r., SAMUEL NAYLOR, Sr. 

